COMPOUND: κρήδεμνον, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘woman’s head-dress, veil’
ETYMOLOGY: noun root κρη- (κάρη) ‘head’ + verbal root δε- (δέω) ‘bind’ + n. noun suf. -μνον
OCCURRENCE: Il. XIV, 184; XVI, 100; XXII, 470; Od. I, 334; III, 392; V, 346, 351, 373, 459; VI, 100; XIII, 388; XVI, 416; XVIII, 210; XXI, 65
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: dat. n. sg., acc. sg., acc. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: also in V, 232a